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Who Can Kill a Child? is a espagnol film of genre Drama directed by Narciso Ibáñez Serrador released in USA on 5 may 1976 with Lewis Fiander

Who Can Kill a Child? (1976)

Who Can Kill a Child?
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Released in USA 5 may 1976
Length 1h40
OriginEspagne
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Horror
Rating71% 3.5961053.5961053.5961053.5961053.596105

Who Can Kill a Child? (Spanish title: ¿Quién puede matar a un niño? and also released as Island of the Damned) is a 1976 Spanish horror film directed by Narciso Ibáñez Serrador. It is about an English couple who find an island inhabited by maniacal children.

Synopsis

A montage of documentary footage depicts the effect of war on children. This mondo imagery cuts to the story of an English couple, Tom and Evelyn, who are taking a vacation before Evelyn gives birth to their third child. They arrive on an island where they encounter grim-faced, silent children who seem to be the island's entire population. Throughout their stay, they witness the children behaving strangely. They later learn the children are capable of violence and have murdered just about every adult on the island; they are now forced to consider killing the children in self-defense. It is implied that the long list of atrocities and horrors brought upon children by the fighting and apathy of adults has caused the children of the island to take matters into their own hands. Also, it is shown that normal children are changed like the rest on the island merely by making eye contact with them.

Actors

Lewis Fiander

(Tom)
Prunella Ransome

(Evelyn)
Antonio Iranzo Escorihuela
Marisa Porcel

(Beach House Mother)
Luis Ciges

(Postman Enrique Amorós)
Narciso Ibáñez Serrador

(Man Next to the Bus (uncredited))
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